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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY yVKfflrfO, SEPTEMBER
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Religion is the best armor
nun can have, but it is the
worst cloak. Bunyan,
PASSES ARE BRIBES.
r OME of the members of the
Portland city council ridicule
with real or affected scorn the
imputation that they are or could be
influenced in their official action
in any degree by railroad passes. No
"stinking little pass," says one "his
influenced the members of this coun
cil. No "member could be so ever
lastingly small as that." Yet it has
come to be commonly accepted and
generally recognized as a fact that
passes issued to public officials are
a very effective species of bribery,
and are so considered by the cor
porations issuing them. They are all
the more effective and harmful to
public interests because the influence
they exert is in many cases scarcely
perceptible to the men thus bribed.
"Certainly," they would say, "a
'stinking little pass' cannot influence
tjs," but in a great many if not most
cases it does, nevertheless. It is a
thing of real and considerable value,
and scarcely any man likes to take
something of value without rendering
any equivalent whatever therefor.
Besides, it is considered a compli-
ment, nice, generous treatment on the j road to uge Fourth street is forever
part of the corporation. So the aver-j binding on the city, is simply prepos
age legislator of other official, if the teroui If there are jvtdg who jn
corporation wants a favor, though the this twentieth century will to decide,
granting of it be inimical to the peo-: then it tim, th, bult in
pie's interests, will think that he has
been treated very nicely by the cor
poration, that its officers are really
very agreeable gentlemen and have
favored him, and it is no more than
lair for him to favor them; the "stink
ing little pass" shuts out of view the
people whom he was elected to serve.
Giving passes to'public servants is
sum nK less man an insiaioua iorm .
f hr;Ker 1. ir,t.A.A !, fc.
of bribery, and is so intended by the
corporations issuing them .smr-
tions to the contrary, notwithstsnd-1
rig
w . . i . i I
mi. rcniun insula inai in issu- 1
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big passes to the city councilmen the
Southern Pacific has no expectation !
of influencing their official action, but
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me puunc uoes not snare ine aiior-
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aevs ooinion. Kai roads do not ex-:
tend such "courtesiea" without i
Kvely expectation of favors to come.!,ent "Jlwn. Sn point
There must be a quid pro quo, and mg w,th 'necharmmg results
when it is not forthcoming, such a of the ,n ,he Philippines, the
-call down" as ths Southern Pa-, Puli" "hould break out in a new
dfic's attorney undertook to admin-! ,,ce- Ltc nd Samar' which hd
liter to Councilman Vaughn is the
natural result.
State officials who accept passes
from the railroads sometimes find
excuse in the fact that their duties
mmwl them tn tr.u.i .ii,t ,u. . !
and. that they cannot afford to do 1
this at their own expense
But even -
this excuse does not apply to city of- ooutnern racitic passes, but there is
ficials. Their duties do not takeino otner "PParent reason why they
them beyond the confines of the city, w'" n9l "et m 'his matter as the peo
and when they accept railroad passes P,e defTre, and in the people's interest,
they are placing themselves under an instead of taking whatever the S. P.
obligation which can be discharged
only by a sacrifice of the interests of
the people.
HEARST AND HUGHES.
IT IS a chaotic mtxup in New
York this fall, politically. A
press correspondent who says
that Hughes lias a walkover cannot
be safely regarded as an oracle of
verity. At this early stage of the
campaign and at this distance it Inoks
as if Hughes should and would win,
but this result is by no means certain
now, and may not b until the ballots
re counted, if then.
Hearst's tremendous vote as an in
dependent municipal ownership can
didate for msyor last year is evidence
that in Greater New York he will
have a very large vote outside of the
Democratic vote. A good many
Democrats will not vote for him, but 1
the great majority of them will, and
the number of Democratic hollers 1
may be more than offset by the votes
of radicals of one kind or another,
and of "interests" thst as a choice
between two evils would prefer
Hearst to Hughes.
It is perhaps significant that
Hughes bad practically no support
"up state," until the shsdow, of Jhe
.Big Stick appeared, while a large
proportion of the rural and interior,
city delegates to the Democratic con
vention were for Hearst. .Murphy
, o..rn AiA . u
m .'uikiiu .v.KKV. . ,,,,,
because of any liking fof him, though !
there may have been some .or, of ,
bargain between htm and them, bjflt ;
because they had reason to believe
that he would poll a larger vote than
any other candidate in the state as
well as in Greater New York. How
far the Hearst tide will rise, or to
what extent fear of possible canse
quences of his election may cause its
recession, it is now impossible to con
jecture.
The nomination of not only Hearst
but of Hughes shows, however, what
ever the outcome, the general and ris
ing dissatisfaction of the people with
past and present conditions. They
are revolting against the bosses, even
though more arbitrary bosses, in a
certain way, will come to the front.
They are inclined to smash old ma
chines, whatever other machines may
be in course of construction. Piatt,
Depew and Odell are back numbers.
Hughes was thrown up by an under
current of Republican revolt. Hearst
wins not altogether because of Tam
many's support, but because of a
mighty tide of revolutionary senti
ment that Tammany did not dare to
resist
Anient the discussion of the ques
tion, Do deer drink? incidental re
marks in an article in the September
Scribner's on the white-tailed deer, by
Ernest Seton-Thompson are of in
terest. Speaking of a -doe and her
young, he says: "It is only in search
of water that she goes out of bear
ing of their squeak"; and' again, of
the young when several months old
"About noon they go to their drink
ing place... The daily drink is es
sential." But if the noonday visit to
the watering place is dangerous, the
deer adults as well as young go
there at night. If their habitat is
arid plains, they obtain drink from
cacti. Probably this expert knows
more about the matter than people
who say deer never drink "because
they have never seen them drink.
From any bat a purely and tech
nically legal point of view, and we
think from even that point of view
also, the proposition that the old 1868
permit to the original Oregon rail -
selecting judges that will keep abreast
of the times and uphold equity.
The suggestion that a railroad gives
la councilman who is in a position to
I help or hurt it with his vote, a pass
i to influence his action is not only ab
; surd, but libelous. Railroads give
annual naae tn rnimrilmn hrito
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"Kt wv. ,ne servants ot tne
Je . thejr fc . .
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to public officials is determined en-
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tn-ciy ay ine son or collar tne gentle
men wer jT
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n is unionunaie mat lust ss Mr.
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Rnm, i u. a.
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the Cubans on the blessings of benev
1yen ev,nc naving been
panned into sunmtsston, snow s need
for more benevolent assimilation.
The people of Portland are loth to
believe that a maioritv of councilmen i
to repeal the Fourth m1
franchise because the members have j
ttorney says as law and gospel.
il would be interesting to know
how Mr. Shepherd views his position
as attorney for the Southern Pacific
and as councilman. Does he think he
is more valuable to the people be
cause he draws a salary from the rail
road, or does he believe he is worth
more to the railroad because he holds
a public office?
The New York Republicans favor
revision of the tariff, but say it
should be revised by its friends. This
can be Construed to suit either re
visionists or standpatters. The lat
ter can interpret it to mean higher
duties and more protection for the
trusts. '
A1,bama' Republican says he isin
flvor of Mr Rooevlt for a third
!erm wnich P1 the state's unan-
m"y ,or wryan
The only trouble with Mr. Fen
ton's explanation is that it does not
explsin.
Stealing Land Crime.
From the Santa Ana Blade.
Frnk J. Heney of San Francisco, the
special ssslstant to the attorney-general
of ths United Statea in ths prosecution
of the Oregon land fraud oases has ths
scalpa of ft land thieves already dang
ling front his belt. All offenders prose
cuted have been convicted. The time
?Twm" '""v when stealing pub-
no regarded aa arret an .
m,tr stealing horses, snd thieves
- " with nn-j
m -RIRDSEYE VIEWS
J -L J TIMELY TOPICS
SMALL CHANGE,
A soma think, the Hearst of it Is the
eorst of It.
) a asna-
Each aide In Cuba wants intervention
only In its behalf.
a a y
Tola is another fine time to clean up,
both in city and country.
a a
The Giants have bean too far ahead
to make It rami tntereatlng.
a a
Next week you can shoot pheasants
and quail If you, can find any.
Will Mr. Bryan again retard
York as "the enemy's country?"
New
A newspaper knocking Its own town
is worse than "yellow Journalism."
a je i
It looks aa If Herein had already got
la his work on the Portland city council,
a a
When an angry woman wishes she
were a man, her husband wishes so too.
Nobody knows how many of those al
leged aaaault cases down south are fab
ricated.
a
Probably there'll be mud enough by
the time the football season opens in
Oregon.
Maybe Mr. Taft was sent to Cuba
to ahow the Islanders that the big atlck
was a stuffed club.
a a
If we could get Grandad Rockefeller
to locate in Oregon, oil would be dis
covered right away.
a
After reading Jim Jeffries' report.
President Roosevelt may be Induced to
come to Oregon to hunt.
, . 0
No matter bow badly split up Republi
cans may be. Democrats manage to
split themselves Up' worse.
a a
It Is frequently ' re-demonstrated that
politics make strange bedfellows; Hearst
und Tammany, for Instance.
a a
Of course the New Toi Republican
state convention had to Indorse old
grafters Piatt and Depew along with
Roosevelt.
a a
The country should be considerably
obliged to Jeffries for going Into the
saloon business rather than insisting on
sticking to a career upon the stage,
a a
Boston young women have agreed not
to accept the attentions of any young
men with an Income of less than 10 slm
oleons a week. And a 130-fellow will
need to wear his overcoat and winter
underwear.
Lett
ers
What Passes Are For.
Portland, Or.. Sept. 2T. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The custom of rail
roads and other transportation com
panies giving passes to public officials
Is very Interesting to the public, and the
writer would like to see The Journal
give it a thorough airing. Councilman
Wins -In quoted aa follows, concerning
the annual passes given our councllmen:
There le considerable gallery play In
irvi m
this peas business. I do not believe that
.tlnkn UIe ever D-
the railroad company has Influenced the
members of this body. No member
could be so everlastingly small aa that,
and the people of Portland are too broad
minded to accuse them of euch. I have
1 always voted according to the dictates
I of my conscience, pass or no pass."
The public would like to know what
Mr. Wills thinks the railroads issue
, .,iim, ii.itr,r and
passes to councllmen, legislators ana
other public officials for. The public
knows our officers to be Just average
men in all things, and the ordinary man
ih
knows that the railroads get all tney
can from any one who has any business
with them of any kind.
This is the dally experience of the
public at large, and we all know that
our city, state and national governments
come out second best in all matters
concerning railroads. For the benefit
of Mr. Wills and those who talk like
him he is hereby notlned that the pub
lic not only thinks, but knows thst rail
roads give passes for the purpose of
bribing public officials.
This Idea at last rescued tne orain oi
Wr vauarhn. who said:
The ranroaa
few
which it has been placed I now believe
that the company expects sometning in
return.' . A
Mr. Fenton, the sble lawyer of the
Southern Pacific makes the very lame
excuse that passes sre courtesies only
and tries to convey the Idea that noth
ing la exacted from public officials for
passes. How can he hope to make the
public believe this when all know that
railroads never concede a thing to the
public unless forced to do so, yst pssses
are sent to public officials as soon as
thsy are elected without Any solicitation
for themT
Mayor Lane, an honest official, knew
why passes were sent to him and
promptly returned them. Our council
men should be forced to do the same.
Tours for A SQUARE DEAL
Six Days Baough.
Portland, Or.. Sept. 4. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I am compelled to
take Issue with J. Hit-don In his Istter
to The Journsl of September It, where
in he takes a hard rap at churchmen
and preachers for their Sunday observ
ance agitation. I
It Is apparent that J. Rlgdon views
!, aiihlar.t from one side only. Per
tuina rrom an economic viewpoint
he
may know of great masses of work
ing people who wish to labor seven
days a week, but shall ws Ignore the
voice of a great mass of workers In
this city who are compelled to labor on
Sunday at the sawmills hers against
thslr wish and regsrd for health?
Physical man cries out sgalnst the
outrage. Such work required great en
durance in men to continue It for six
days a week. If the employer has no
regard for his employe then society
should restrain that employer, aa he la
a menace to society, from depriving the
state of a contented citlsen. The ordi
nary employer's mad eslrs for more
profits blinds him to ths fact that he
must one day pay ths penalty for de
filing labor. Such crimes never go un
punished, the nemesis that follows in
justice never sleeps.
R. PETERSON. .
earns and sTaSkms.
Portland, Sept 27. To the Editor of
the Journal Though unable to lay
claim to the title of "scientist, reformer,
wise churchman" or even church mem
ber, 1 should liks to offer a sugsstlon
to Mr. A. Walker, whose Istter wss pub-
llshed
on September 26. Mr. Walker
......... h. M.. nf . .rm . ...
of the decay and fall of nations In the
'WuiJZZ Z
OREGON 8IDELIQHT8.
Only one prlaoner in the Linn county
jell. '
Oo It.
riven
Hood River! Oo it. Rogue
Oregon City's new dally, the Star, baa
commenced to shine.
..e ' a
Sixty carloads of nrunes were shlooed
from Milton and Free water.
a a
A stick of timber text inches and 70
feet )ong pasaed through Albany.
a v a
An Trrlgon watermelon measured iH
by 1 1 M Hsehes and weighed (1 pounds.
a a '
If the Kreba hopvlnes were strung
out In one row, it would be (00 miles
long.
a a
Many women and girls are literally
wearing pants In southern Oregon in
the prune orchards.
a a
The Albany Democrat wants that town
to have a band, so it can play If a train
should ever arrive on time.
e a
A Linn county woman and her two
daughters, the mother working but a
small portion of the time, earned 197 In
IS days picking hops.
a a
One hundred teams and a thousand
more man could get steady work at bet
ter wages than was ever paid bere be
fore, says the Drain Nonpareil.
a a
A Drain man saw a deer on a side
hill near that town and rushed out and
killed It, then discovering that tt was a
pet animal that had been staked out
- a ' a
Wagonloads of salmon Is the way
they are calculating it up along the
John day, a few fhlles west of Arling
ton, where the river la simply alive with
them. They are counting on 10,000 of
these fish being caught within a fort
night. . a a
Myrtle Creek Mail: The climate of
southern Oregon simply cannot be sur
passed in any other section of the na
tion .for Its healthfulnees. When it
comes to a place where one may live
long and enjoy good health, and find as
good people aa live on thla old globe, we'
are equal to any of them.
a a
Brownsville Times: The rotting of
nearly all kinds of fruit by the hundreds
of bushels is a ahameful waste, to say
the leaat. Especially la this true of
prunes. Hundreds of bushels of this
fruit, the finest in the world, will go
to waste around Brownaville alone, be
cause of no means of taking care of the
Immense crop.
cause disintegration of ths human body.
However, there is a strong similarity
between a nation and the human body.
A glance at ancient history reveals the
fsct that the rise of a nation was due
to a period of prosperity brought about
by a unified, unselfish citizenship, while
Its fall waa always preceded by a period
of political corruption. Immorality, fa
voritism. Incompetency, oppression and
Injustice. This uniformly resulted tn
dissatisfaction, distrust, hate, and at
last open rebellion.
Such condition of affairs waa usually
utilised by some far-seeing generala of
neighboring nations, and served largely
to extend their borders until they In
turn became corrupt. Individual self
ishness, self-aggrandizement and the
disregard of the rights of others ap
pears then to be the real causa) of the
fall of a nation.
DR. J. KWERT BARTEL.
TAILORS 6ET MORE I0NEY
WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE
No Hard Feelings and No Strike
Characterizes Granting of
Demands of Workmen.
While the teamsters fsiled utterly to
secure a raise of wages; whlls the
etree teat-men realised only about one
eighth of their demands; whlls the
painters, freight-handlers and grain
handlers are halving mightly uphill
work in trying to get what they con
sider wages adequate for the higher
cost of living, the Journeymen tailors
have put Into effect a higher scale of
wsges without calling a strike and
without even hard words with their em
ployers. ' i
The tailors are about the only crafts
men who have been able to force a
raise of wages since the 1st of June
and their Increase la the largest ever
granted to a unionised body of men tn
this city at any one time, so thay say.
A good average knight of the aclssors
can now carry a can a and ride in his
own automobile, for under the new
scale he Is able to knock out $5 a day.
Journeymen tsilors work by the
piece, charging on about 300 different
Items of piecework. The new
scale went into effect last Wed
nesday and affected all the
Items, thn increase running from 15 to
SB per cent. There are 250 Journeymen
tailors affected by the new scale, alao
the 10 leading merchant tailors of the
town, all of whom employ union help.
The new "bill" waa presented .to the
employers some time ago. There waa
some doubt as to its being accepted, and
on Wednesdsy noon ths workmen con
gregated In Union hall, at Second and
Stark streets. The meeting waa called
to order and the name of A. J. Brault,
the Hamilton building tailor, was read
aa the first employer to sign an agree
ment to pay the new scale. The an
nouncement wae greeted with cheers
and Brault waa commended ag having
used his Influence to securs ths gen
eral acceptance of the new "bill" by the
other merchants. The names of ths
other signers were read all of thoss
doing work In the high-Mass trades ,
the meeting adjourned and the tailor-
went back to their benches at an average
wags of 16 a day instead of 14 or Isss.
LIBRARY COMMISSION
WILL HELP DEBATERS
(Saaetol tnspatck ta The Jeeraal.)
Salem, Sept. ts. The state library com
mission has come to the assistance of
debating societies throughout the schools
of ths stats. Men's defeating societies
snd clubs will also be assisted.
The books can bs obtained by making
application to the commission snd by
paying ths express c her gas both ways
The list of books have been made out
and contain material for debate on such
llvs topics ss the referendum. Chinese
exclusion, Immigration, Industrial arbi
tration, direct election of senators, con
vict labor, railroads, eta.
MOUNT SCOTTITES
TO HAVE W
Home Company' Announces
That It Will Extend System to
Include the District.
WILL ESTABLISH SUB
STATION FOR PURPOSE
(
Expects to Spend Forty Thousand
Dollars to Give Residents in That
Locality Adequate Telephone Ser
vice Other East Side News. . .
aat Side Department.
The Mount Scott towna have
assured by the management of the
Home Telephone company that that
section shall be the first to receive the
attention from the company following
the establishment of Its service In the
city.
At the meeting of the Mount Scott
Improvement club Wedaesday evening,
a letter was read from Secretary Shlnn
of the telephone company promising
that the aew service shall be In opera
tion by next spring and possibly earlier.
It was announced that representatives
of the company had gone over the field
and were satisfied that it la sufficiently
populous to Justify the Inauguration of
an Independent system.
Secretary Shlnn, In his letter, said
that the company would proceed to es
tablish a sub-station with a 600-llne
switchboard for the accommodation of
the southeast suburban section of the
city. He also said that the total ex
penditure would be not less than 140.000,
but that the company believes the field
will justify the outlay. Ths opinion
waa expressed by members of the club
that a 600-line switchboard would prove
too smalt and would aoon have to be
doubled to provide for the rapidly grow
ing district.
The question of raising by popular
subscription money to pay the local po
lice officer occupied for a time the at
tention of the club. A committee was
appointed to solicit funds for that pur
pose. At the next meeting of the Improve
ment club, the first Monday in Octo
ber, officers sre to be elected for the
ensuing year.
The beginning ot work on the Brook
lyn trunk sewer yesterday marked the
actual commencement of the most im
portant public improvement that has
eVer been inaugurated in the south
eastern part of ths city. It waa about
two years ago that the agitation first
began looking to lhe construction of the
Brooklyn sewer system.
The estimated cost, 6350,000. was a
staggering blow to the original pro
moters of the Improvement', but the
vital Importance of a sewer system for
that part of the city overcame all ob
jections,' and the whole east side fell tn
line for the Improvement and carried it
through the council. The diameter of
the main bore, from East Tenth street
to ths river, will be 12 feet. This part
of the bore will be through cement
gravel, thus requiring no supports to
prevent oavlng, but the work will be
hard and tedious. The contractors have
sold the dirt that will be taken out for
use in filling the low ground in the
vicinity.
A aewer-dlgging machine for ths open
work has been ordered and will be here
In a ' few days. Stone blocks for ths
floor of the sewer will be quarried on
the lower Columbia, where they are to
be cut ready for use before shipment.
The remainder of the walls snd the
arch will be of brick, the walla one
foot in thickness. The estimated time
required for the completion of the eewer
Is about one year.
The new city hall at Mllwaukl is to
be occupied for the first time by the
council at Ita meeting next Tuesday
evening. On account of a lack of funds,
only the council chamber Is to be com
pleted st ths present time. The entire
emlldlng has been - wired for electric
lights, which will be put In this week.
The council determined not to incur any
debt In order to finish ths building,
hence all rooms except the council
chamber will remain In the rough until
sufficient funds accumulate to finish
the structure. When Contractor Snyder
finishes the building as far as ths funds
will permit, a check for all work done
will be handed him.
While the city hall Is now apparent
ly too large for Mllwaukla. the city Is
expected to grow large enough In the
next few years so that all the rooms
will be needed. The entire second story
Is to be aa a hall tn which public func
tions will be held.
A call for a meeting of the retail
merchants of the eaat aide has been
circulated and signed by 50 of the lead
ing business men of the central east
side. The main object of the organisa
tion' is to indues east sldsrs to patronise
Bast Side business houses. At tonight's
meeting the association will be given
a name, officers will be sleeted and
plans mads for s unltsd effort in ad
vertising business on the east side. It
is proposed by the promoters of ths
organisation to hold a business men's
carnival as soon as the organisation of
the aasoclatlon la perfected.
The Alumni association of the Ports
mouth school will meet Friday svsnlng,
October 5, at the home of Mr. J. Brows.
Haven street. In University park. The
annual election of officers will take
place. All graduates of the school are
Invited to be present.
The Bsst Slds Improvement associa
tion concedes the point that ths Bast
Third street franchises, sought by the
Harriman Interests, must contain a
common users clause snd such othsr
modifications ss Mayor Lane suggssted
in his veto message.
At the last meeting of the association
a committee, of which Whitney L. Bolss
Is chairman, was appointed to see Gen
eral Manager O'Brien of the Harriman
lines in regard to the matter of sub
mitting snother frsnohlse ordinanee.
When seen this morning Mr. Boise
said:
"As Mr. O'Brien of the Hsrrlman
roads is out of ths city, I have been
unable to bring before him the reeolu
tion of the Eaat aide Improvement as
sociation looking to a rsnewsl of the
effort to get a franchise for a road on
East Third street. He is expected to
return in a few days, when I shall sse
him and urge upon him the desirability
of submitting a second franchise ordi
nance that will meet with the approval
of the mayor and council."
Ths improvement association Is unan
imously la favor of a railway line on
Eaat Third street, and will. It la be
lieved, find soms means of reconciling
the differences between thhs mayor,
ths council and the Harriman Interests.
Ths formation of a child's chsractsr Is
s greater work than the reformation of
many
CALL WATER LINE INADEQUATE
Local Merchants Declare Portland and San
Francisco Steamship Company Js Ruin
ing Trade By Careless Methods
A continuance of Inadequate and er
ratic service, regardlaaa of promises of
Improvement, by the water line operat
ed by the Harriman companies between
Portland and Ban Francisco, haa dts
srasted merchants and shippers who
were optimistic enough to expect first
class coastwise service. There Is thus
far no realisation of August prospects
for Improvement.
A Portland manufacturer whose name
ts for obvious reasons withheld, said:
"About a month ago we were In
formed by the San Francisco a Port
land Steamship company that they had
secured a sufficient number of steam
era, and would now be able to give us
a flrst-clsss service: that when the As
teo arrived, which boat waa schedules
to leave on September t for San Fran
cisco, there would not be enough Port
land freight to fill It.' The remark
was mads that ws 'could bring our
whole factory down and they would
find room for It on board,' and assur
ance was given that not a pound of
freight would ber left over.
"Under theae representations and
promises ws were led to believe there
was foundation for belief, and we felt
that at last we would be able to make
deliveries at San Franoisoo on time.
"We took down about f tons of
freight for ths Astec, snd delivered
same to them before September S. It
was all put on board with the exception
of about .two tone, which were left on
the dock. The goods left over were for
shipment to the Tahiti Islands, and it
was necessary for them to make con
nections, with a steamer leaving San
HE WAS A UNION MAN AND
DID NOT WORK AFTER FIVE
On Fifth street, at ths Bids of the
new Corbett block, a teamster unloaded
a load of gravel yesterday afternoon.
Some of the gravel rolled down onto
the street car track, and a car that was
rooming down Fifth street stopped Just
at the edge of the pile or gravel, i ne
motonnan stuck his head out of the
vestibule, and shouted:
"Hey i there! Tou! Shovel that
gravel off the track. We want to pass."
Ths teamster favored the motorman
with a look, and then turned hla back
and proceeded to unload. As the last
board was pulled out of the bottom of
the wagon bed. a clock in a distant
tower struck five. The teamster got
down and picked up his shovel. The
motorman looked expectant. The
teamster carefully scraped all the loose
gravel off the running gear, threw the
NEW RAILROAD IS
BEING PLANNED
Capitalists Contemplate Line
From Coos Bay to Roseburg
and ths East
PRELIMINARY 8URVEY8
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
iewt nRotits From Tidewater ts)
Point East of Cascades, Except by
Way of Columbia River, Is Said to
Have Been Obtained.
For the lest flvs days there has been
In conference In Portland a party of
capitalists who contemplate the building
of a railroad east ana west tnrougn ura-e-on
from Coos Bsy to BKweburg and
eastward, crossing ths Cascade moun
tains by way of Diamond Lake pass. Ths
feasibility of tne project nas osen agreeo
uDon. and the route Is being discussed.
It la said there la a strong probability
that construction will be undertaken.
Preliminary surveys havs bsen made.
and it Is said they have secured the beet
route from tidewater to any point east
of ths Cascades, excepting by way of the
Columbia river. The route cresses the
Coast range from the headwaters of
Coos river to Hubbard creek, thence
through the rich Coles and Calapoola
alleys to a point south of Oakland
where It will cross ths main line of
the Southern Pacific. From . here the
road will follow aa easy grade to ths
headwaters of ths Callapoola and thence
to the North TJmpqua, and pass over the
Csscadea at a point near Diamond laks.
Beaching the country In the vicinity of
the waker range, ths road will be in a
position to Join with any line that may
be projected from the east to ths Pa
cific coast through central Oregon. Such
g road would become the trunk line to
Pacific tidewater for the Klamath baaln,
the Rogue river and Umpqua valleys,
and It is said would dsvelop sn Immense
tonnage that would find Its ouUst at
Coos Bay.
Another route under consideration la
direct to Roseburg via the Coqullle and
Camas valley route, thence to the North
TJmpqua headwaters and over the Cas
cades by the route above described. F.
3. Blakely of Roseburg and a number of
associates are Ih attendance at the con
ference. THIRTY SAL00NMEN
MAY LOSE LICENSES
'Walla Walla. Wash., Sept. St. As a
result of soms 30 saloonmen keeping
their places of buslnsss open on Sep
tember If In violation of the Sundsy
cloaing law and In defiance of orders
from, the council and Chlsf Brown to
remain closed, a wholssals revocation
of saloon licenses is looked for when
the council meets next Tuesday night
Saloonmen are uneasy ovsr ths trou
ble they have stirred up and for several
days havs been trying to square mstters
by promising to obey the Sunday cloaing
law In the future.
The fight against saloonmen who
havs persistently Ignored ths Sundsy
closing law waa started in the council
last Tuesdsy night whsn four licensee
were revoked and Information against
some 10 other saloon keeper's who had
kept open September 14 wss mads pub
lic. Evldsncs, It ! ssld. has been gath
ered, against It saloonmen by ths po-
Franoisoo on a certain date. Another
portion of the goods were government
supplies, which It waa necessary to de
liver on a certain date, and ws had felt
that the goods would be delivered aa
promised.
"The first disappointment we met
with thla shipment was that the Asteo
did not sail until the 11th Inst., Instead
of getting away on the Jith, as per
schedule, and that two tons of our
freight were left on the dock. The
next disappointment was that the
steamer did not reach San Francisco as
promised And now ws find that, when
she did reach the Golden Oate, Inatead
of delivering her merchandise shs float
ed Around In the harbor of San Fran
cisco, trying to get rid of a deck load
of 'lumber. Our representatives at San
Francisco reported to us on September
19, 11 days after the date on which this
steamer was scheduled to sail, that
they are unable to get any of their
goods from ths Astec; that shs Is still
endeavoring to unload her lumber, and
that they do not know whan they will
be able to secure their goods; that their
warehouse Is empty, and they are un
able tq eupply the demands made upon
them by customers."
He said the Portland docks are plied
full of freight waiting for steamers to
arrive, and he was positive that the
freight will not be taken away by the
steamers aa promised. 'We are unable
to secure oars to load Into, and are
blocked both by rail and by sea. After
the many promise made by the Harri
man lines, Portland Is still up a tree, so
to speak, and unable to get her prod
ucts to market."
ahovel back up Into the wagon, and
started to climb up over the front wheel
to his seat
Again the motorman called for the
removal of the gravel In language forci
ble and direct. A the teamster picked
up the reins he looked around over his
shoulder at the Irate motorman and
said:
"Ah. g-wen! Wot do ye t'lnkT I
aint no scab. Ws quits work at 6
o'clock. Oet up!" And away he drove,
leaving the motorman peering at him
around tho vestibule of the oar, speech
less with indignation.
A few minute later a passing work
man, who was not so loyal to the union
as the teamster, cleared the gravel off
the track, and the oar moved off down
the street, with the motorman
to himself.
READY TO FIGHT
SLABWOOD TRUST
Councilman Rushlight WHI In
troduce Ordinance to Stop
Filling of Gulches.
MAYOR LANE 8TAND8
BEHIND MOVEMENT
If Ordinance Fails He May Exercise
What Ha Believes to Be His Right
in Forcibly Preventing Promis
cuous Dumping of the Wood.
To compel ths slabwood trust to stop
Us practice of dumping surplus wood
Into gulches, an ordinance will prob
ably be Introduced at the next session
of the council which will utilise the
suggestion of Mayor Lane that restric
tions be placed upon the trust.
Councilman Rushlight has said that
he would Introduce such a measure. Hie
ward, the seventh, la the worst suf
ferer from ths trust.
Mayor Lane, If thla ordinance is not
passed, will exercise what he believes to
be hie right In forotbly preventing the
promiscuous dumping of slabwood.
Stephens' slough back of the Inman
Poulsen mUI best displays ths trust's
regardless methods. An abundance of
marketable alabwood haa been wasted
here, To maintain the price of the fuel
the trust termed a "bowslleas trust"
by Mayor Lane throws away Its sur
plus rather than allow It to be sold at
a low figure to ths people of the city.
Both the msyor and Councilman Rush
light havs denounced M. C. Banfield,
president of the Banflsld-Vsysey Fuel
company, the concern which controls the
slabwood output of ths sawmills of
Portland.
Rushlight his long made a tight
against the practice of the Banfield
company In leaving Its wagons stand
ing on ths streets of bis ward for hours
kt a time Division street was form
erly blockaded by those waiting ve
hicles. Now that it became evident
they would no longer be allowed to pre
empt the atreeta with wagons the Ban
field company dumps ths slabwood cut
by the night force at the Inman-Poul-sen
mill Into the gulch. Consequently
tt Is fast ailing with mattsr that will
lis there decaying for years.
Banfield hag his friends In the coun
cil and these srs expected to make a
warm fight In his behalf.
THINK BOY HAS BEEN
TAKEN BY HIS FATHER
Falling to find a trees of little 12-year-old
Richard Dell, who mystsrlously
dissppeared from his horns, 270V4 Front
street, a wesk ago, officers believe that
ths child was spirited away by hla
father. Ths child's fathsr and mother
were divorced In Butte, Montana, two
ysara ago and ths man is said to havs
msds frequent threats to seise the boy.
The mother thought little of the
beys absence the first day, but on hla
continued failure to return home started
a search, which resulted In failure. Then
she reported ths affair to the poll
who have endeavored to locate the miss
ing boy. They also havs failed and are
inclined to the belief that the boy Is In
ine cere or tne rsiner.
When a man really hag a treasure In
heaven he doesn't ebjsct to paying
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